Comments for Senator Hatch Responds To President Obama's Weekly Address at http://www.hatchforsenate.com , comment 1 to 7 out of 7 comments http://www.hatchforsenate.com Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:24:13 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.hatchforsenate.com/blog/senator-hatch-responds-to-president-obamas-weekly-address#comment-135 I would suggest that you should consider: 1. Why are health insurance companies "for profit"? Congress made that change a couple of decades ago and can certainly change it back. 2. Why should employers stand between an employee and health insurance? I'd rather that people buy their health insurance directly rather than have a company or a union make that decision. If a company wishes to provide a benefit, let them contribute to a Health Savings Account which the employee can then use to meet their specific health insurance needs. 3. Why isn't health insurance portable? I should be able to easily move from one insurance program to another that better meets my current requirements. Even an annual "open enrollment" would meet this need. 4. Why isn't Medicare as well as congressional health care all included in the same health umbrella? There should be no distinction, and particularly no "special" health care packages available only to a select few. Do you actually read and pay attention to any of these comments? Thanks! Roland - Roland Smith Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:35:30 +0100 http://www.hatchforsenate.com/blog/senator-hatch-responds-to-president-obamas-weekly-address#comment-87 Like one of the Who's in Dr. Seuss' Who-ville (Horton hears a Who) may I add my voice? "WE ARE HERE! WE ARE HERE"... I am self-employed, uninsured, and worried! (As well as a county and state delegate for the Republican Party.) I like the sound of your 4 points but am very curious as to HOW you plan to do this. A plan with details will get more respect. Will insurers ever settle for less profit? Why should they when they have 85% of Americans by the throat & paying their exorbitant premiums? Who defines "affordable"? (Lawmakers are in a very comfortable position here as mentioned in the previous comment.) Trying to maintain hope in the Republicans...Doing the best I can to take care of myself & my family...and crossing my fingers somebody hears us in time! C - C. Norr Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:14:24 +0100 http://www.hatchforsenate.com/blog/senator-hatch-responds-to-president-obamas-weekly-address#comment-86 "Telling the American public that the solution for solving a $2.5 trillion health care system is to simply spend another trillion dollars in our current economy, just does not make sense. " Math needs some work there Senator. "Two point five trillion versus one trillion"? Nope: that's one year for the medical costs versus TEN for the reform estimate. Dishonest much? Just because less than four percent wouldn't make the same point isn't a reason to compare ten apples to one orange. Inconvenient truth or not. It "does not make sense" because what the Senator stated [i]isn't true.[/i] - John Cooper Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:04:07 +0100 http://www.hatchforsenate.com/blog/senator-hatch-responds-to-president-obamas-weekly-address#comment-85 The person that wrote the above comment has never lived under socialized medicine. The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence until you get there and you find that it is full of holes that you couldn't see. My wife and I lived in England for a year and a half. We were on the socialized medicine plan. You didn't get to pick your doctor. He or she was assigned to you based on where you live. If you didn't like him or her, too bad, move to another place and then you can get another doctor. If you are over 65 years old and you need a transplant, to bad, you have lived your life, die so that there is more money for the younger people. I have lived with the U. S. government run health care for the past 40 years. Do you want to wait three weeks to see a doctor? That's what it takes me to see a doctor. I could be dead if I have a serious illness before I am seen by a doctor. We need to keep what we have and assist the 15% that don't have health insurance to be able to afford it. Please don't let our government dismantle one of the best health plans in the world in the name of helping 15% of the population. Have you ever thought of the number of people that will be put out of work, people contributing to a better economy, and replaced by a bureaucrat that sucks up more of your tax dollars and doesn't contribute anything to helping you pay your bills. I invite you to look at the other side before you criticize our representatives of being insensitive to our health care needs. - Arthur Whittaker Sat, 15 Aug 2009 18:55:59 +0100 http://www.hatchforsenate.com/blog/senator-hatch-responds-to-president-obamas-weekly-address#comment-84 Very good response to the democratic program. I would place tort reform at the top of the list. Many obgyn doctors have retired eary because they recognize that they must increase the number of patients that they see to unsafe levels in order to afford to pay the insurance fees. - Robert Goodwin Sat, 15 Aug 2009 18:40:47 +0100 http://www.hatchforsenate.com/blog/senator-hatch-responds-to-president-obamas-weekly-address#comment-83 Unfortunately, you don't have a plan that will help anyone except the multi-millionare healthcare executives, big pharma & oil companies. People are dying everyday because of inactivity of persons (like yourself) who can effect change but don't. The salaries of these demons could easily pay for much of our healthcare woes. It is because of them that costs have excelerated at such a rate unprecedented in history for ANY industry. Why would they possibly deserve that money? Why do they keep reducing our benefits and increasing our premiums, deductibles and co-pays. Do you really care. I actually thought that you did, but I now believe otherwise. I had truly hoped that there would be some republicans out there that are not trying to "thin the herd." Apparently you believe that we must just get rid of those unable to pay the outrages sums. After all, no one on a minimum wage could possibly ever afford helathcare. This is so sick and hurtful. I believe that it is truly unfortunate that YOU will never have to face these challenges in your life but you should. - Joy Sayler Sat, 15 Aug 2009 14:52:52 +0100 http://www.hatchforsenate.com/blog/senator-hatch-responds-to-president-obamas-weekly-address#comment-82 "Democrat" is a noun, not an adjective. - ACG Sat, 15 Aug 2009 14:52:11 +0100